Climate: - temperate continental; - Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; - precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; - winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; - summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south.
Macro indicators
* 2018 estimates
Surface:
603,628
km2
Population*:
42.1
million
Pop. density*:
69.7
people/km2
GDP*:
106.9
EUR billion
GDP/capita*:
2,541.1
EUR
Currency: Hryvnia Code: UAH Since: 1996
Insurance market portfolio * 2018 estimates
TOTAL LIFE*:
8
%
TOTAL NON-LIFE*:
92
%
Overall Property*:
22
%
Overall Motor*:
27
%
Sources: Starting July 1st, 2020, the National Bank of Ukraine took over all activities of financial market regulator, the State Commission for Regulation of Financial Services of Ukraine
In the 4Q2022, the number of concluded MTPL contracts amounted to almost 2 million units, which is 13% less than in the same period in 2021. GWP on them reached UAH 2 billion, (~EUR 50.95 million) which is 6.2% more y-o-y, according to a press release from MTIBU (Motor Transport Bureau of Ukraine)
At the end of 2022, MTIBU (Motor Transport Insurance Bureau of Ukraine) carried out 5.3 thousand payments from the Bureau's Victims Protection Fund totaling UAH 250.9 million (EUR 6.39 million). Compared to 2021, the number of payments decreased by 25.8%, and the amount decreased by 9.9%, the Bureau said in its press release.
Insurance companies ARX and ARX Life, which are among the top five leaders in the insurance market of Ukraine, summed up the results of 2022 and were able to achieve high profitability even during these times of maximum uncertainty.
The National Association of Insurers of Ukraine (NAIU) has joined Insurance Europe as an associate member, the European insurers' federation announced.
Euroins Ukraine, a subsidiary of the international insurance group Euroins Insurance Group (EIG), collected UAH 469.1 million (~EUR 11.95 million) in 2022, which is 20% less than in 2021, Forinsurer reports.
The overall assessment of satisfaction with the settlement procedure was 9.4 points on a 10-point scale, which is the best indicator for all three years of the annual survey of victims of road accidents, according to a press release from MTIBU.
Insurance company INGO, one of the top-10 market leaders in Ukraine, despite a decrease in the total number of reinsurers in the Ukrainian market, has signed new obligatory agreements for 2023 with the support of Western partners, Forinsurer writes.
TAS Insurance Group, which is among the top 5 market leaders in Ukraine, paid out a total of UAH 812.85 million (~EUR 21.29 million) in January-November 2022, including payments under Motor Hull insurance contracts of UAH 223.75 million. Thus, the share of MoD in the company's paid claims portfolio amounted to 27.53%, according to Forinsurer.
On December 22, 2022, the League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine (LIOU) and the Insurance Business Association (ASB) signed a memorandum on creation of an association that will include 50 participating insurance companies, Forinsurer reports.
Despite some decrease in GWP, the leading insurance companies ended 2022 with dignity in the war conditions, according to the report of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). At the same time, 2023 will also be a difficult year, and insurers should prepare for new challenges already now, Forinsurer writes.
The assets of Ukrainian insurance companies for 9 months of 2022, according to the balance sheet, amounted to UAH 70.9 billion (~EUR 1.99 billion). Equity capital amounted to UAH 24.7 billion, including the amount of paid charter capital of UAH 8 billion. Formed insurance reserves decreased to UAH 39.8 billion, Forinsurer writes according to Insurance TOP magazine.
Insurance companies of Ukraine in January-September 2022 collected UAH 28.57 billion (EUR 803.51 million) of insurance premiums and paid out UAH 9.50 billion (EUR 267.21 million), which is respectively 25% and 29% less y-o-y in local currency, according to data from the National Bank.
In January-October 2022, GWP of the insurers-members of the Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine (MTIBU) on MTPL policies decreased by 4.53% to UAH 5.6 billion (~EUR 152.63 million), including premiums on electronic contracts, which amounted to UAH 3.8 billion (+18% ), Forinsurer reports, citing the Bureau.
In the third quarter of 2022, MTPL insurers paid more than UAH 700 million to the road victims. The number of MTPL agreements concluded in the third quarter amounted to 2.1 million units, which is 13.4% less y-o-y. GWP reached UAH 2.1 billion (~EUR 58.25 million), up 7.4%, according to a press release from the MTIBU (Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine).
In the third quarter of 2022, the MTIBU received 294 complaints against MTPL insurers, which is 19.1% less than in the second quarter (363), Forinsurer reports with reference to the MTIBU (Motor (Transport) Insurance Bureau of Ukraine).
Total GWP of insurance companies ARX (risk insurance) and ARX Life (life insurance) for 9 months of 2022 amounted to UAH 2.1 billion (~EUR 58.25 million). ARX for the reporting period collected UAH 1.96 billion and concluded 2.4 million insurance contracts with clients, which is 35% more y-o-y, Forinsurer writes.
As the results of the third quarter of 2022 show, the MTIBU (Motor Transport Insurance Bureau of Ukraine) made 1.4 thousand payments from the Victim Protection Fund of the Bureau in the total amount of UAH 68.3 million (~EUR 1.89 million), as the Bureau said in its press release.